Recent content by Brandon16166

I decided to freeze it once so that it was a little bit more worth it to drink, since it didnt taste good at all. It made it a bit better tasting, as well as boosting the alcohol. Hopefully my next one turns out better. Im still proud that I made this though.

No I didn't sanitize my filters. I have it at about 25 degrees right now. Planned on drinking it today. Should it still be good today? How long until you think it would be bad to drink?

Well I doubt any glass made it through a coffee filter. But I also only had two growlers worth. A month of waiting for my first batch is enough for me to take a chance.

I wish I could have let it age a bit, but I also wont complain about drinking it. Although it tastes like bush beer right now..... Its ok because I made it and its my child! haha. Id like to make a beer next. Maybe Ill make another gallon of cider and a brew up a beer. I do still have my...

Well, I guess I wont complain about drinking it but I also wish I could have let it aged a bit. Next time

After reading a bit it seems a campden tablet will work? Will this stop oxidation and fermentation? or just oxidation? I added a bit of honey with a plan to drink now. but if I can throw in a tablet and have it ferment again then I would do that. If not Ill start pouring glasses!

All I have on hand is campden tablets and yeast nutrients... that makes sulfites right? A campden tablet would kill the yeast wouldnt it?

I was getting ready to bottle one small batch of cider. While I was taking the bung off the whole neck of the growler broke off causing tiny pieces of glass to go everywhere. I knew I couldnt just bottle it because of the glass. not wanting to dump it, I let it settle then drained it through...

I didnt really think about that. Ill keep this mind next time I make a cider. is adding an apple flavoring about all that can be done at this point? as it is I still think it would be just fine carbed up and chilled. I just expected a little more apple for some reason.

I just checked the gravity. A couple things Ive noticed while tasting... I have two, one gallon growlers. I also made each batch separate. I used the same east with both (1118 I think was its name) In the first batch I was pretty sloppy, I used apple juice from costco, no preservatives or...

Ok good to hear. Now that I have the proper equiptment ill see where its at. Is three weeks too late to move to secondary? Or would I just need to top it off to get rid of headspace? Orr.... should I just leave it as is?

I went to the brew store and picked up a wine theif, but I'm still curious about the oxygen.

I read about it being bad to have head space while in secondary because of the oxygen. I've been afraid to take the bung off because of that. My cider has been in primary for three weeks and there aren't much bubbles coming up or airlock activity. I also have quite a bit of headspace. Will...

Im making my first batch of cider, just two , 2 gallon jugs. I just wanted an opinion on what to do. I started with the jugs under my sink where it was about 62 degrees. Around midnight i checked and they were down to about 59 so I decided to move them to my closet where I thought it would be a...

Thank! Ill have to look into the brew clubs.